Seattle daily post-intelligencer. [volume] (Seattle, W.T. [Wash.]) 1881-1888, 1887-10-02
EEsTz.AeR AND srzos.

Potter telephoned over TO PuyalIur
this evening that the north siIo was
I4o degrees and the south bin 10 de.
grees. This was not alarming at ali.
We had been for week gradually fill.
ing both sflos with freshly cut oats
Just going out Of the milk, but some
how the heat would not up a. de-
sired Il came at last, though not
evenly over the whole surface.
II we can get the heat up, evenly
distributed. TO IA0 or $50 degrees, then
the ensllage win remain sweet. and Is
better than Il sour. On the subject OF
snsilage the Utica Herald says Of one
Of their foremost dairymen:
" Mr.. Gilbert enjoys the distinction
Of being q first class butter maker, and
at the same time Of feeding his cows
upon ensilage. The time has been,
and not many years ago, either, when
these two facts would have been de-
clared 10 be entirely incompatible.
Not only was Il believed to be impos-
sibIe 10 make good butter from ensilage-
fed cows, but the facts known at the
time seemed TO sustain that position.
Experience had not taught dairymen
the proper time when their fodder
should be cut IN order 70 be sliced, nor
had Il been shown them what feed
should be used to supplement the en-
silage. No one now dreams Of feeding
ensilage alone, nor do those who use It
now cut the corn as formerly, when Il
is Just In the milk. As Mr.. Gilbert
says, corn wants to be cut after it has
nearly matured, and Just before the
kernels begin 10 glaze. In this state
the sugar has been well developed, and
q portion of the moisture has departed.
The feed IL no longer q mere accumu-
lat1on Of water inside Of green stalks,
but contains . large amount Of nutri-
ment in the shape Of carbohydrates,
with . small proportion Of aIbuminoids
and fat. The albuminoids and phos-
pilates are to be supplied by q small
addition Of mill feed 10 the ration"
On this same subject q writer in the
Prairie Farmer, under the heading Of
= Ensilags Stacks" says:
81 was, however, forcibly struck
with the fact that curing ensilage In
stacks seems to have received so little
attention. II occurs 70 me that at
least some Of your readers may be in
terested In hearing that In England
from where ! have recently come)
stacking IL coming much In favor.
and many prominent ensilage advo-
Gates consider It the method Of the
future. ] have personally seen Q num-
Der Of most excellent samples OF sill /
age cured In stacks, and am perfectly
satisfied that II can be done In that
way equally as well IS in q silo, pit OF
barn, and With Just a. little waste,
while there u the advantage Of having
no expense in erecting silos Of any
nor the necessity Of car
rying the grass, ETC.. 70 any given spot
10 cure
Curiously enough, the week before |
this clipping oame te had made prep
Arations for stacking some "silage"
IN the east barn, where there was room
on the ground door. Il would seem
there were no real difficulties in the
way; yet. commenting upon this item,
the Prairie Farmer says:
1.-TWO kinds Of experiments are need.
Ell in this country in connection with
stack silaEe. One Is to see u il win
really produce good feed, and the other
10 invent some very cheap means Of
pressing the stacks. A very few years
viii decide both Of these questions.
We hope 20 hear Of some one trying
the system this fall II Is promising
Iield for Experiment Stations. They
can well afford 70 work on il and de-
termine its value or worthlessness- IL
is not . very expensive field, either,
for enthusiastic farmers Of an expert /
mental disposition. We wild be more
than thankful fer reports on this ques-
ton -